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translator: who will protect the environment in the west and in china? it is government responsibilities. but the tibetans don't think of it that way. if you think of it that way, you are not buddhist. you are the protector. no matter if you are a newborn or 80 years old, you are all protector. you have responsibilities. allives should be protected. fred: in some districts, local governments are recognizing the sacred mountains, and some are even hiring tibetans to take care of the national nature reserves. translator: the cultural values of buddhism are very comforting the schars of conservation. i felt at last we found a way, and i began to gain confidence in humanity. these tibetan people are not wealthy, yet they can still think of other creatures. not just other people, other creatures. this is altruistic behavior. if they can do it, there's hope that other people can do it as well. [bells ring] gary: i've made a whole series of films about the beginning of environmental movements in different parts of the world at different times, and in each of th
translator: who will protect the environment in the west and in china? it is government responsibilities. but the tibetans don't think of it that way. if you think of it that way, you are not buddhist. you are the protector. no matter if you are a newborn or 80 years old, you are all protector. you have responsibilities. allives should be protected. fred: in some districts, local governments are recognizing the sacred mountains, and some are even hiring tibetans to take care of the national...
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>> france is getting another environment minister. the current resigned on tuesday amid a spending scandal. representative for reporters without borders has been acquitted. he is accused of terrorist propaganda for collaborating with the kurdish daily. military council and the e opposition leader's in power-sharing deal. we will have more from julius tears ------ from m julius julia steers in nairobi. the environment minister of france q quit on t tuesday aftee investigative website media parts excuse -- accused him of extravagant spending. he denies wrongdoing and has filed a suit against media p pa. chriris moore is at the environment ministry. he had to go. j just one story, but a week of allegations including thahat he entertained vivisitors that did d not have o withhis official function, giant lobster, champagne, et cetera. ministers living extravagantly off the public purse is not unheheard of in francnc but the context is different this time around. emmanuelel macroron's government facing the y yellow vests protesters out on t
>> france is getting another environment minister. the current resigned on tuesday amid a spending scandal. representative for reporters without borders has been acquitted. he is accused of terrorist propaganda for collaborating with the kurdish daily. military council and the e opposition leader's in power-sharing deal. we will have more from julius tears ------ from m julius julia steers in nairobi. the environment minister of france q quit on t tuesday aftee investigative website media...
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parallel is how an infant learns about her environment. a three month old uses her sense to cognitively map out her environment and learn to recognize her parents. she ultimately uses this map to interact with everything in her world, ju like this robot. - okay, so we ready to roll. (bright chiming music) - [shivani] artificial intelligence makes this learning curve possib, but how does it create its own map and identify a human on its own? and without an internal mapping system, like the internet? test engineer, steve willits, shows me how the r-2 robot can detect a stranded person. - [steve] when you're in a search and rescue scenario, that's the kinda situation where you'd want to deploy one of these. - [shivani] as it explores and maps the cave, it drops devices called signal review to create a wifi network trail. - it drops those just like bread crumbs alonghe path. - [shivani] using this network, the robot sends data back to home base to create a map. at the same time, the robot must look at every single object to identify the strand
parallel is how an infant learns about her environment. a three month old uses her sense to cognitively map out her environment and learn to recognize her parents. she ultimately uses this map to interact with everything in her world, ju like this robot. - okay, so we ready to roll. (bright chiming music) - [shivani] artificial intelligence makes this learning curve possib, but how does it create its own map and identify a human on its own? and without an internal mapping system, like the...
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translator: who will protect the environment in the west and in china? it is government responsibilities. but the tibetans d't think of it that way. if you think of it that way, you are not buddhist. you are the protector. no matter if you are a newborn or 80 years old, you are all protector. you have responsibilitie all lives should be protected. fred: in some districts, local governments are recognizing the sacred mountains, and some are even hiring tibetans to take care of the national nature reserves. translator: the cultural values of buddhism are very comforting to the scholars of conservation. i felt at last we found a way, and i began to gain confidence in humanity. these tibetan people are not wealthy, yet they can still think of other creatures. not just other people, other creatures. this is altruistic behavior. if they can do it, there's hope that other people can do it as well. [bells ring] gary: i've made a whole series of films about the beginning of environmental movements in different parts of the world at different times, and in each of
translator: who will protect the environment in the west and in china? it is government responsibilities. but the tibetans d't think of it that way. if you think of it that way, you are not buddhist. you are the protector. no matter if you are a newborn or 80 years old, you are all protector. you have responsibilitie all lives should be protected. fred: in some districts, local governments are recognizing the sacred mountains, and some are even hiring tibetans to take care of the national...
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they deserve to get an education in their environment. they are eager, very happy to go to school in their environment. >> but the call for access to education has been left unanswered for years. makoko means "place of the outcasts." but that's not how people here feel about themselves. the settlement has been around for 200 years. most of the residents were born here, just like their mothers and grandmothers. many of them have never been outside of makoko. they don't see a reason to leave. they have everything they need here from floating boutiques to stationery shops and a supermarket. >> i buy goods on the mainland and sell them here. it's going well. it's enough to keep the kids fed. >> makoko's electricity is supplied by generators rather than a grid. blackouts are common. adeyemi, who owns a hairdresser salon, tells us that makoko is a peaceful place. he says there is hardly any violence because everyone knows each other. >> i grew up here and i'm happy here. i earn my money through fishing and as a hairdresser. my children were bor
they deserve to get an education in their environment. they are eager, very happy to go to school in their environment. >> but the call for access to education has been left unanswered for years. makoko means "place of the outcasts." but that's not how people here feel about themselves. the settlement has been around for 200 years. most of the residents were born here, just like their mothers and grandmothers. many of them have never been outside of makoko. they don't see a...
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about two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in mt. bjelasnica, people will spend a lot of time outdoors since it's the herding culture. they will spend a lot of time up in the hills all alone looking down into the valley. and if somebody's passing through the valley, they certainly want to be heard. [singing ganga] it is very important to conquer that space with your voice. in terms of finding a genre that will carry the furthest, it's definitely a genre called ganga. and this particular type of singing is characterized by very close harmonies, so voices are close to each other and they somehow acoustically c
about two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in...
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or the marine environment. and unacceptable risk to the arctic environment. both in russia and globally. >> the first thing we have to do is to stop the hosing, stop the hosing because they're in position, it becomes unstable and may fall 15 meters on the foot of the platform. so we have to stop hosing so we can entertain the situation of the activists. over. we propose you evacuate all personnel because we will start our -- so we think that more people will be injured. >> in the end, russian authorities arrested all 30 members aboard including two independent journalists. and imprisoned them for three months. this group of activists is known as the arctic 30. they were eventually granted pardon and released. >> it was a very strong russian reaction. i think that also was telling us that russia is asserting its sovereignty in the arctic. and people who cross that sovereignty better beware. >> will the opening of the arctic lead to more clashes? will this resource-rich region become a source of conflict and tension? >> to date the relationship of the eight arc
or the marine environment. and unacceptable risk to the arctic environment. both in russia and globally. >> the first thing we have to do is to stop the hosing, stop the hosing because they're in position, it becomes unstable and may fall 15 meters on the foot of the platform. so we have to stop hosing so we can entertain the situation of the activists. over. we propose you evacuate all personnel because we will start our -- so we think that more people will be injured. >> in the...
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i am so passionate about the environment. reporter: she wants to turn her passion into her profession. she studies environmental science at the university of zambia. >> you can see how beautiful this place is. it looks very beautiful. why would anyone want to spoil that beauty? and what this can do to the environment or the damage it can cause. reporter: victoria falls, a world national heritage site, on the border. she wants to preserve their beauty. >> this kind of protection that i have started way back when i was young at the age of about 10. i always like to be in a clean and refreshing environment. i love to feel cool. there is peace and refreshment that you feel when you're in a good environment. reporter: she wants to inspire others about her knowledge for environmental protection. she teaches children and adults about the danger of allowing the destruction of the environment to continue. there is the grand old man of environment protection at the victoria falls. he is a figure of great motivation for her. he has thou
i am so passionate about the environment. reporter: she wants to turn her passion into her profession. she studies environmental science at the university of zambia. >> you can see how beautiful this place is. it looks very beautiful. why would anyone want to spoil that beauty? and what this can do to the environment or the damage it can cause. reporter: victoria falls, a world national heritage site, on the border. she wants to preserve their beauty. >> this kind of protection that...
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no environment without people. we should promote technologies that can assist people while helping the environment. i cannot imagine doing a better thing. i cannot imagine it. simply nothing i would want to do more than what i am doing right now. >> in the vastness of the desert, the sun is powering the communications revolution. huge distances separate electrical utilities of this huge country, and they're very few fixed phone lines. in the past, botswana relied on generators to run hundreds of remote cell phone towers. >> the system works very well and is better than the diesel systems. we have the energy from the sun. >> according to the world bank, botswana has 143 cell phone prescriptions per 100 people, more than the u.k., germany, the united states, and japan. cell phones here are as you begin with this as bernanke parts, wild animals -- as the awlaki cards and wild animals. now we can offer a better, cleaner way to connect to the old diesel systems consumed 30 two hundred gallons of fuel every year. that di
no environment without people. we should promote technologies that can assist people while helping the environment. i cannot imagine doing a better thing. i cannot imagine it. simply nothing i would want to do more than what i am doing right now. >> in the vastness of the desert, the sun is powering the communications revolution. huge distances separate electrical utilities of this huge country, and they're very few fixed phone lines. in the past, botswana relied on generators to run...
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can you write letters to try and save in local environment, like a forest? if you get involved, and you get involved with other people, suddenly realized, yes, i do make a difference. then the ability to do more. i think that people need to understand that every single day we live, we make some impact on the planet. we have a choice as to what kind of impact we make, what do we buy? where does it come from? did it harm the environment? is it cruel to animals? is it cheap because of child labor? make the ethical choice. that will never happen in big enough numbers until we alleviate poverty. because when you are really poor, you just do what you have to do to live. cut down the trees because you are desperate to get land to grow more food, to feed your family. buy the cheapest junk food. you can't ask those ethical questions because you have to stay alive. >> you are someone who makes me hope, and i hope we begin to move in the right direction. thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you for inviting me. >> what is the bottom line? listening to the w
can you write letters to try and save in local environment, like a forest? if you get involved, and you get involved with other people, suddenly realized, yes, i do make a difference. then the ability to do more. i think that people need to understand that every single day we live, we make some impact on the planet. we have a choice as to what kind of impact we make, what do we buy? where does it come from? did it harm the environment? is it cruel to animals? is it cheap because of child labor?...
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his first story about the environment was an exposÉ about illegal dam construction on the upper yangtze river. it made national headlines. his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years o of reporting, he was feeling burned o out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare need more powerful spiritual support. whwhy? every day what we do may be good deeds which give u us posititive energy, butut meanwhe what we are facing is ththe darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of negativive energy attacks us all t the time. we've been working on environmental protection for a long time, but the situation in china is getting worse every day. where do we draw our strengthh from? fred: liu jijianqiang is one of millionsns of chchinese whwho ae returning to buddhist, taoist, and confucian temp
his first story about the environment was an exposÉ about illegal dam construction on the upper yangtze river. it made national headlines. his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years o of reporting, he was feeling burned o out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare...
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about two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in mt. bjelasnica, people will spend a lot of time outdoors since it's the herding culture. they will spend a lot of time up in the hills all alone looking down into the valley. and if somebody's passing through the valley, they certainly want to be heard. [singing ganga] it is very important to conquer that space with your voice. in terms of finding a genre that will carry the furthest, it's definitely a genre called ganga. and this particular type of singing is characterized by very close harmonies, so voices are close to each other and they somehow acoustically c
about two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in...
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and conflicts one of the silence and fickle some casualties is often the environment. from the chemical contamination of soil and the collapse of water and food supplies. to the habitat damage caused by displacement. all has devastating consequences. no sir any man made infrastructure but also natural ecosystems a destroyed. and animal lives are lost as well as human. it even makes the most vicious struggles three people fighting to protect the world we live in. and to cover what was lost. i'm tiny recede and bangladesh and the world's largest refugee camps where people are working to co exist with the elephant for which this region is home. and i believe it's on lebanon were group of scientists is rebuilding a c. bank that was displaced by the war in syria. in august twenty seventeen a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing began in myanmar. the military in buddhist radicals claimed the lives of more than six thousand for him. in a single month. fearing death. thousands more fled the country for the force the bangladesh. the scale of the accident was enormous. today they
and conflicts one of the silence and fickle some casualties is often the environment. from the chemical contamination of soil and the collapse of water and food supplies. to the habitat damage caused by displacement. all has devastating consequences. no sir any man made infrastructure but also natural ecosystems a destroyed. and animal lives are lost as well as human. it even makes the most vicious struggles three people fighting to protect the world we live in. and to cover what was lost. i'm...
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all of the plastic is going to remain in our environment. only downgrading to a lower quality plastic, in that sense. it is going to stay. it is going to be really important that it is disposed of properly. that is for the role of government is very important, to realize biomedical waste efforts or management into disposable facilities need to be improved. we only have 200 of them for 1.5 million people in almost one quarter of our country doesn't even have that facility. we really need to have an integrated plan where we look at covid, public health, and public ecology. plastic will remain in our lives and in our food chain if we do not respond right away. >> just a couple of minutes left, i would like to ask a quick question to all of you. the who report says it is not an either/or choice, but how do we reach that balance? i will start with mr. abi scheck. >> this is not the first time humanity experiences a pandemic. we have been having them for 20 years. again, and again, and again, and it is always going to be the same thing unless you
all of the plastic is going to remain in our environment. only downgrading to a lower quality plastic, in that sense. it is going to stay. it is going to be really important that it is disposed of properly. that is for the role of government is very important, to realize biomedical waste efforts or management into disposable facilities need to be improved. we only have 200 of them for 1.5 million people in almost one quarter of our country doesn't even have that facility. we really need to have...
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some forms of life flourish in this salty environment. but humans require an abundant supply of freshwater. less than 1% of all the earth's water is readily available for human consumption. in the semi-arid desert plains of the southwest united states, where rainfall averages just 2 1/2 centimeters per month, tom maddock studies this scarce resource. dr. maddock: the real problem that we have is that with increasing populations and shortages of water, we are becoming very vulnerable. in the southwest, there's a very unique vulnerability here, simply because where do we get the water if there is no water? narrator: across the country in northern florida, the quantity of water isn't an issue. rainfall averages an abundant 1 1/4 meters each year. wendy graham and her colleagues evaluate and model the impacts of industrial and agricultural land use threatening the world's largest collection of freshwater springs. dr. graham: right now, the biggest question is how far we can stress the system and not push it past the point of no return. narrat
some forms of life flourish in this salty environment. but humans require an abundant supply of freshwater. less than 1% of all the earth's water is readily available for human consumption. in the semi-arid desert plains of the southwest united states, where rainfall averages just 2 1/2 centimeters per month, tom maddock studies this scarce resource. dr. maddock: the real problem that we have is that with increasing populations and shortages of water, we are becoming very vulnerable. in the...
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they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i first came to the loess plateau, i was astounded by the degree of poverty and degradation. and i wondered, "how could the chinese people, the largest ethnic group on the planet, and my fathers, and my own ancestors come from a place that was this barren?" china's loess plateau is a region that stretches for 640,000 square kilometers across north central china. unspoiled valleys in neighboring sichuan show us how it might once have looked. it's the sort of natural abundance that is necessary to support an emerging civilization. how could a landscape with such potential have been reduced to this? when chinese scientists and civil engineers began to survey the area, they realized that several thousand years of agricultural exploitation had denuded the hills and valleys of vegetation. the relentless grazing of domestic animals on the slopes meant that there was no chance for young trees and shrubs to grow. the ra
they can radically improve their environment. and by doing so, reduce the threat of climate change. >> [singing] >> when i first came to the loess plateau, i was astounded by the degree of poverty and degradation. and i wondered, "how could the chinese people, the largest ethnic group on the planet, and my fathers, and my own ancestors come from a place that was this barren?" china's loess plateau is a region that stretches for 640,000 square kilometers across north...
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the un declared access to clean and healthy environment, a universal right, so will that be taken up by governments to mitigate the impact of our changing climate? we will get to guests in a moment but first this report. >> this is what hazardous air pollution looks like and the 8 million residents of new york have been breathing it in this week. a result of hundreds of wildfires in canada, which has disrupted the lives of millions in the northeastern united states. air pollution has long been a problem around the world. the world health organization says it kills an estimated 7 million people a year, most in latin america, africa and asia. chile's capital santiago is constantly struggling with pollution and scientists say it is the most polluted capital on the continent. >> in summer we have the ozone pollution problem and in winter, we have the meta-pollution. unfortunately, this makes pollution levels unacceptable and other countries but define life in santiago. >> air pollution affects the lungs. healthy lungs have open pathways but poor air quality narrows them, making breathing
the un declared access to clean and healthy environment, a universal right, so will that be taken up by governments to mitigate the impact of our changing climate? we will get to guests in a moment but first this report. >> this is what hazardous air pollution looks like and the 8 million residents of new york have been breathing it in this week. a result of hundreds of wildfires in canada, which has disrupted the lives of millions in the northeastern united states. air pollution has long...
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the environment minister will respond in a speech on tuesday. sarah clark joins us from brisbane by skype. there are some stark findings about australia's environment, but what are some of the key concerns? reporter: this is a shocking document, a massive report, 2000 pages. it covers a huge range of ecosystems and environments from the deserts to the polls and everywhere in between. every category except for the urban environment notes there's been to do. -- deteriorating conditions. this is the fourth report that has painted a grim picture of the state of australia's environment. these reports are released every five years. there's a combination of legacy issues as well as the compounding impact of climate change. i'm breaking down some of the key findings. straley has lost more mammal species than any other continent. we have a number of new species being added to the list growing by 8% since 2016. australia now has more foreign plant species than native. key problems like climate change, mining pollution and have last are -- habitat loss are
the environment minister will respond in a speech on tuesday. sarah clark joins us from brisbane by skype. there are some stark findings about australia's environment, but what are some of the key concerns? reporter: this is a shocking document, a massive report, 2000 pages. it covers a huge range of ecosystems and environments from the deserts to the polls and everywhere in between. every category except for the urban environment notes there's been to do. -- deteriorating conditions. this is...
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and we wanted to go to israel in particular because there isn't such a diverse cultural environment in terms of religion, so that the tensions are, in some senses, watered down. as we all know, unless you've been meditating in a cave for the past 20 years, israel and the social environment in israel is very tense in terms of the relationship between the three great faiths that actually share something of a cultural tradition- judaism, christianity, and islam. and so what we- we have an extraordinary opportunity, and something like a great risk. i'm surprised david ainsworth, our executive producer, hasn't come out and read this e-mail message i sent to him about three days before we're ready to go on this journey. we planned it of course for several months. we're talking about a crew of at least six people- a lot of preparation, and of course, at the time when we were set to go was one of the worst possible times in terms of the tension; you know, again, another flare-up between the united states and iraq. and i had just heard on cnn, which i finally stopped watching that the state dep
and we wanted to go to israel in particular because there isn't such a diverse cultural environment in terms of religion, so that the tensions are, in some senses, watered down. as we all know, unless you've been meditating in a cave for the past 20 years, israel and the social environment in israel is very tense in terms of the relationship between the three great faiths that actually share something of a cultural tradition- judaism, christianity, and islam. and so what we- we have an...
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narrator: and this excess nitrogen can be damaging to the environment. matson: one of the problems with all that extra nitrogen going onto land and fertilizer is that it doesn't all get used by plants. it doesn't all get taken up. in fact, maybe on average 50% of it doesn't stay in agriculture systems but rather gets transported out of the fields where they were applied, and the trogen goes off to the atmosphere in a number of different forms, including nitrous oxide, which is a greenhouse gas, nitric oxide, which is an air pollutant. and some of the nitrogen in agriculture fields just leeches out through the soils into groundwater systems, or it runs off the surface into surface-water systems, like streams and rivers and lakes. and there it causes a number of different problems. the big issue for us is how to manage nitrogen, that nitrogen fertilizer, better so that we can still increase plant growth, we can still get high yields, but we prevent the loss of that nitrogen into the atmosphere or into the water system. rrat: in the yaqui vley, the research
narrator: and this excess nitrogen can be damaging to the environment. matson: one of the problems with all that extra nitrogen going onto land and fertilizer is that it doesn't all get used by plants. it doesn't all get taken up. in fact, maybe on average 50% of it doesn't stay in agriculture systems but rather gets transported out of the fields where they were applied, and the trogen goes off to the atmosphere in a number of different forms, including nitrous oxide, which is a greenhouse gas,...